Vanessa Alvarado Bilingual 350 Annotated Bibliography Part 1 10 Books 6-3-08 [[image:file:C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.gif width="180" height="173"]] How are You Peeling?
Saxton, Freymann. And Elffers “How are You Peeling?.” New York: Scholastic Inc, 1999. 40 pages. Ages: 1-12. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English. (1pt.) This amazing picture book, by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers shows many foods with different moods. In this book many children can identify themselves with the way they feel. Using food can help children to learn the different types of fruits and vegetables as well as the reaction of your feelings.
This book design by Erik The How are You Peeling shows different emotions it gives children the opportunity to express their feelings and distinguish between different moods. The New York times awarded this book best illustrated book of the year. It is an awesome book with bright colors that can call everybody’s attention.
"Stellaluna" is a fun book that teaches real facts that help children understand and learn more about bats. In the story "Stellaluna" a baby bat is attacked by an owl and is separated from her mother and has to learn to live in the environment until he is rescued from his mother and he learns how to fly by himself.
In "stellaluna" they show the relationship of a bat with her mother bat. I will definitely recommend this book to any future teacher because there are many activities that you can use, for example different themes children can learn about bats encourage discussions and dialogue. Bat crafts, for little kids an alphabet activity letter B. [[image:file:C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image004.jpg width="144" height="158" link="http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_28168_-1_10001_10004##"]]
Arthur, Dorros. “Abuela,” New York: Buffin Books, 1997. 40 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Fantasy book. Language: English, Spanish. (0.5pts)
In this story a girl dreams that she could fly, and her and her grandmother take a ride in the New York sky. They visit different places like Tio Pablo’s store, the airport and the clouds. She likes to be with her grandmother because they have different adventures while flying in the sky.
I like the pictures and colors that they use. Children will like this story because it shows agood relationship with her grandmother. A teacher should have this book in the classroom library so Spanish speakers, can relate to their background. I read this book with second graders, and they enjoyed it. They had to write a paper about an experience that they had similar to the story.
This book talks about the life of Cesar Chavez, how he is one of Americas civil rights leaders. He led a peaceful protest march in California, because he wanted to improve the lives of migrant farm workers. La Causa was the name of the group that accompanies Cesar thru the March. He wanted to have a promising contract that will give better working conditions.
I find this book very colorful. They stereotype Latino people that work in the field. It addresses how to become a leader taking initivative and fighting for what you want. Students can benefit from reading this book because they can familiarize with the character Cesar chavez because many students come from rural places in Mexico and they tend to be very shy like Cesar Chavez was.
Sandra, Cisneros. "The house on Mango Street," New York: Vintage Books, 1984. 110 pages. Ages 11-18. Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction. Language: English.
Esperanza is the main character and is about 12 years old. She wants a house of her own; she is tired of moving constantly. Her parents finally baught a house but she didn’t like it because it was too small. She faces a couple of incidents with friends because Sally leaves her with a group of boys who sexually assault her. At school she feels ashamed of her parent’s poverty and the way they pronounce her name. She was born in Chicago and has worked as a teacher. She is the author of Loose Woman.
I like this book because the theme is friendship. She talks about how she becomes friends with her neighbors. I don’t think students will be interested in a book that has no pictures at a primary grade, but it will be a good book for secondary grades. I could see how some students identify with Esperanza because she had a hard time communicating with her parents.
Bruce, Degen. "Comande Toad in Space," New York: Paper Star, 1980. 64 pages. Ages 3-5. Genre: Chapter Book. Language: English (0.5 pts)
This book is about a group of frogs who are in a ship name star warts. They go out to spaceship and try to find planets. They land in a planet made up of water, but they face a problem with a monster who claims the planet belongs to him. The frogs try to attack him but at the end they become friends.
This books is very interesting, it is educational because it has a lot of educational words and spaceship information. It stereotype the frogs as being humans and being able to walk, fly and be friendly.
"Little bear" is very cold and Mama bear is trying to keep him warm. She makes him a hat, pants, and a coat. She ask him if he wants a fur coat to keep himself warm and he answer yes. "Little bear," comes home and it is his birthday, mama bear makes a birthday soup with cat and duck. Mama bear and some friends have a big surprise birthday cake that mama bear makes for him. Little bear wants to fly to the moon, he climes to the top of the hill shot his eyes and jump. He land in a home just like his and mother bear pretends she is in the moon but he says stop pretending I know you are my mother. "Little bear," makes a wish of going to China, have a red car, and mother bear reads a story and she said this you could have what kind of story will you like me to hear.
The theme in the story will be a mother and son relationship. Children will like this book because it shows how mothers should care for their children. This illustration could be more colorful and less repetitive because they use Mother Bear a lot.
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Pau, Estrada. "Little red riding hood.” California: Chronide Books LLC, 1993. 22 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Fairy Tales. Language: English, Spanish (0.5 pts)
I didn’t like the wolf because he gulps the grandmother and shows too much violence. The little girl gets to the grandmothers house and the wolf is there. He ends up eating her too. It just happened that a hunter was passing by and hears laud snores he thinks it is the grandmother. He goes to see how she is doing. He finds the wolf their and takes the grandmother's scissors and opens his belly and releases little red riding hood and her grandmother.
I like the pictures in this book, they have bright colors. One special element will be the fact that the wolf eats them both but at the end they are a live. It stereotypes the wolf being the bad character. If you have never read the book as a child it is very interesting because the reader wonders if she ever gets to her grandmothers.
"Cinderella," is a classic. Cinderella’s father marries for the second time and she has a stepmother and two stepsisters who mistreat Cinderella. Her godmother is a fairy godmother and helps her go to the great ball in the kingdom where she meets the Prince. She has a curfew, and by 12 o'clock she needs o be out of the ball because everything will be back to normal. She loses one of her glass slippers when she is running down the stairs. The next day the Prince ask's everybody to try on the slipper and he will marry who ever fits into it.
One of the special elements in this book is that at the end it turned out to be a happy ending. Children will definitely like this book because it is interesting. I have read this book to my daughter because she likes the Princess's and Cinderella is one of them. I would encourage kindergarten teachers to have this book in their library because kids must be familiar with the Princess.
In this book a boy name Harry falls in love with Sara Lee. He is mean to Sidney, Sara’s friend and she doesn’t like that. Sara brings her frog to school and they talk about how she takes care of the frog and what she feed her frog. At the end of the story Harry lost his tooth and invites his friends to the Corner Bake Shop after school with his tooth-fairy money.
Some of the special elements in this book are that it develops friendship, as well as maturity. Harry also learns how to make friends and maintain friends.
I would recommend any Scoholastic book because students like the stories and they learn from them. Also they like to imitate a lot of things from books.
Train to somewhere
Eve, Bunting. “Train to Somewhere,” New York: Houghton Muffling, 1996. 32 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Historical fiction. Language: English.
“Train to somewhere” is a sad story of orphans who were placed in an orphanage. The people in charge of putting an add on the newspaper and they go from one place to another so people can decide who to take. I got the impression that they used them as slaves, as company or to do chores at home. There is a girl named Marianne who was placed in the orphanage by her mother, she hopes that her mother will be waiting for her at every station that they stop. At the end she accepts the fact that her mother left her and she is ready to go with the family that is taking her. She has received many awards including the Golden Kite ward from the Society of Children’s books. She has a variety books from pre-school through middle grade.
I like the story, although it is a sad story and it addresses poverty, beauty, and friendship it is a great story. Children will definitively like this book because it is well illustrated. The pictures are colorful and it is very interesting. This book is very engaging with the characters especially Nora the little girl who wants to take Marianne with her. Nora puts friendship even in front of a puppy.
Coming on Home Soon
Jackeline, Woodson. “Coming on Home Soon,” New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2004. 30 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English
This book was given the Caldecott Honor Award book. Jacqueline Woodson writes young and adult titles, middle grade titles and picture books. She was born on July 12 in Columbus Ohio.
I like the story although it is a sad story and it addresses poverty, beauty, feelings, and friendship. Children will definitively like this book because it is well illustrated. The pictures are colorful and it is very interesting. This book is very sad because the girl keeps waiting for her mother.
Good-Bye Tonsils
Juliana Lee, Hatkoff. “Good-Bye Tonsils,” New York: Penguin Group. 2001. 30 Pages.
Ages 4-6. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English
The book is interesting because it has different colors, bright pictures that children like to see. It contains good information.
A young girl describes what happens when she goes to the hospital to have her tonsils removed. It is a good book to have because it explains thoroughly why she goes into surgery and the process she undergoes. The book helps children who are understanding surgery not get scared and panic when they go into surgery.
Gary Paulsen presents a story about, Brian, a boy who is experiencing his parents divorce and is having a hard time accepting it. He flew to see his father and in his way the pilot suffers a heart attack and dies. The boy tries to communicate but he can’t and lands in a lake and learns how to survive on his own. He learns how to find food until he is rescued. Gary Paulsen is one of America’s most popular writers for young people. Paulsen is a master storyteller who has written more than 175 books and some 200 articles and short stories for children and adults. He is one of the most important writers of young adult literature today. Three of his novels Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room are among his best writing.
What I like about the book is that it was very breath taking and interesting. It addresses his parents divorce and how he thinks his parents are getting divorced because she is seeing someone else. Some of the special elements that the book has are respect towards his parents and how to undergo a situation like this. The character was responsible and brave. It gives a lot of advice in what to do in special circumstances like the ones he has experienced.
I Know How We Fight Germs
Kate, Roman. “I know how we fight Germs,” New York: Scholastic. 1998. 28 Pages. Ages 9-12. Genre: Picture Story Book.
Kate Rowan, presents an interesting science book that teaches everything that students should know about germs and how to fight them, with animated pictures. This story gives information to children in a funny way.
The special effects and colorful characters made this book a must have for every library for primary grades, because it help students hygiene. Her illustrations are scenes of germs and how they react when they can contagious to other bodies. It addresses how to stay healthy. Children definitely like this book because it gives good information and teach how to stay away from germs. I read this book to first graders and to my daughter. I will recommend this book because during the winter a lot of students get sick and this book gives information in how to prevent getting other students sick.
Many songs are presented in this book it is in English and Spanish. The songs have a meaning and they are very educational. Jose Luis Orozco was born in Mexico City. He has a successful career as a children’s author, songwriter, performer and recording artist.
He has a Master’s in Multicultural Education. He presents a collection of songs, rhymes, lullabies, games from Spanish speaking countries.
What I like about this book is that the songs are from different countries and they all carry a message. I will definitely recommend this book because it comes with a CD and teachers can play the songs while students are working. It reminds me of the book Pimpon that was read when I was in pre- school.
Hally Tosis is a book that talks about a dog that is going to be given in adoption because of his bad breath. One day some thief came into the house and captures them so the family decides to keep him with his bead breath. He was born on March 4, 1966. In school he was diagnosed with ADD and severe hyperactivity. In elementary school and high school his teachers hated his sense of humor and discouraged his artistic talents. When he attends College and a professor sees his creative writing skills, he realizes he has a career as a writer, illustrator, and editor.
I enjoyed reading this book because it was very funny to see the people in the illustrations cover their nose with a (pinsa). The illustrations were nice and colorful.
The Case of the Stolen Baseball Cards
James, Preller. “The Case of the Stolen Baseball Cards” New York: Scholastic Inc., 1999. 80 pages. Ages7-10. Genre: Mystery. Language: English.
Eddie brings his baseball cards to school and they end up missing. He was pointing to Big and Ms. Gleason the teacher spoke up. He finds a note in the middle of his binder with a clue but at the end Big and a couple of classmates discover that he settled everything. He wanted to be a good detective.
The book is from the collection of Jigsaw Jones mysteries it addresses friendship and how to overcome problems between classmates.
Esperanza Rising
Pam, Munoz Ryan. “Esperanza Rising,” New York: Scholastic Inc., 2000. 262 pages. Ages 11-14.Genre: American Novels. Language: English.
Esperanza is a girl who lives in Mexico in a large vineyard. She is the only child so she is entitled to carry over the traditions. After her father was murdered by bandits, they have to escape from Mexico. She is forced to migrate to California. She can’t accept the fact that she is poor. Her mother becomes very ill and she has to work hard to keep her mother alive. She keeps her hope to be able to survive.
Espeanza Rising was awarded the Pura Belpre Award which honors Latino authors whose work best portraits Latino cultural experiences. Pam Muños has written twenty-five books for young people. It is a true story based about the author’s grandmother.
The Shark who was Afraid of Everything!
Brian, James. “The Shark who was Afraid of Everything,” New York: Cartwheels, 2002. 32 pages Ages 3-6. Genre: Adventure- Short Story Language: English.
As hard as he tries, Sharkie never seems to be able to overcome being scared of the world around him. He decides to run away. Luckily, a new friend named Lily follows Sharkie and the two plays together for hours until they find themselves lost. Brian James is the author of several notable books including Pure Sunshine and Dirty Liar. He lives in a small town in upstate New York
This book is very nice illustrated. I like the bright colors and the nice pictures all the sharks have a smile in their face even though sharks are known for been aggressive. I will recommend this book for kinder and first grade because it is simple and first graders can read it by themselves. The theme in this book is friendship.
Vanessa Alvarado
Bilingual 350
Annotated Bibliography
Part 1
10 Books
6-3-08
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How are You Peeling?
Saxton, Freymann. And Elffers “How are You Peeling?.” New York: Scholastic Inc, 1999. 40 pages. Ages: 1-12. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English. (1pt.)
This amazing picture book, by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers shows many foods with different moods. In this book many children can identify themselves with the way they feel. Using food can help children to learn the different types of fruits and vegetables as well as the reaction of your feelings.
This book design by Erik The How are You Peeling shows different emotions it gives children the opportunity to express their feelings and distinguish between different moods. The New York times awarded this book best illustrated book of the year. It is an awesome book with bright colors that can call everybody’s attention.
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Janell, Cannon. “Stellaluna,” California: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1993. 48 pages. Ages: 4-8. Genres: picture Book. Language: English(0.5 pts)
"Stellaluna" is a fun book that teaches real facts that help children understand and learn more about bats. In the story "Stellaluna" a baby bat is attacked by an owl and is separated from her mother and has to learn to live in the environment until he is rescued from his mother and he learns how to fly by himself.
In "stellaluna" they show the relationship of a bat with her mother bat. I will definitely recommend this book to any future teacher because there are many activities that you can use, for example different themes children can learn about bats encourage discussions and dialogue. Bat crafts, for little kids an alphabet activity letter B.
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Arthur, Dorros. “Abuela,” New York: Buffin Books, 1997. 40 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Fantasy book. Language: English, Spanish. (0.5pts)
In this story a girl dreams that she could fly, and her and her grandmother take a ride in the New York sky. They visit different places like Tio Pablo’s store, the airport and the clouds. She likes to be with her grandmother because they have different adventures while flying in the sky.
I like the pictures and colors that they use. Children will like this story because it shows agood relationship with her grandmother. A teacher should have this book in the classroom library so Spanish speakers, can relate to their background. I read this book with second graders, and they enjoyed it. They had to write a paper about an experience that they had similar to the story.
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Harvesting Hope
Krull, Kathleen. “Harvesting Hope,” New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2003. 48 pages. Ages 8-12 Genres: Non-fiction. Language: English (0.5 pts)
This book talks about the life of Cesar Chavez, how he is one of Americas civil rights leaders. He led a peaceful protest march in California, because he wanted to improve the lives of migrant farm workers. La Causa was the name of the group that accompanies Cesar thru the March. He wanted to have a promising contract that will give better working conditions.
I find this book very colorful. They stereotype Latino people that work in the field. It addresses how to become a leader taking initivative and fighting for what you want. Students can benefit from reading this book because they can familiarize with the character Cesar chavez because many students come from rural places in Mexico and they tend to be very shy like Cesar Chavez was.
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Sandra, Cisneros. "The house on Mango Street," New York: Vintage Books, 1984. 110 pages. Ages 11-18. Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction. Language: English.
Esperanza is the main character and is about 12 years old. She wants a house of her own; she is tired of moving constantly. Her parents finally baught a house but she didn’t like it because it was too small. She faces a couple of incidents with friends because Sally leaves her with a group of boys who sexually assault her. At school she feels ashamed of her parent’s poverty and the way they pronounce her name. She was born in Chicago and has worked as a teacher. She is the author of Loose Woman.
I like this book because the theme is friendship. She talks about how she becomes friends with her neighbors. I don’t think students will be interested in a book that has no pictures at a primary grade, but it will be a good book for secondary grades. I could see how some students identify with Esperanza because she had a hard time communicating with her parents.
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Commander Toad in Space
Bruce, Degen. "Comande Toad in Space," New York: Paper Star, 1980. 64 pages. Ages 3-5. Genre: Chapter Book. Language: English (0.5 pts)
This book is about a group of frogs who are in a ship name star warts. They go out to spaceship and try to find planets. They land in a planet made up of water, but they face a problem with a monster who claims the planet belongs to him. The frogs try to attack him but at the end they become friends.
This books is very interesting, it is educational because it has a lot of educational words and spaceship information. It stereotype the frogs as being humans and being able to walk, fly and be friendly.
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Little Bear
Else Holmelund, Minarik. "Little Bear," USA: HarperCollins, 1957. 63 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Chapter Book. Language: English (0.5 pts)
"Little bear" is very cold and Mama bear is trying to keep him warm. She makes him a hat, pants, and a coat. She ask him if he wants a fur coat to keep himself warm and he answer yes. "Little bear," comes home and it is his birthday, mama bear makes a birthday soup with cat and duck. Mama bear and some friends have a big surprise birthday cake that mama bear makes for him. Little bear wants to fly to the moon, he climes to the top of the hill shot his eyes and jump. He land in a home just like his and mother bear pretends she is in the moon but he says stop pretending I know you are my mother. "Little bear," makes a wish of going to China, have a red car, and mother bear reads a story and she said this you could have what kind of story will you like me to hear.
The theme in the story will be a mother and son relationship. Children will like this book because it shows how mothers should care for their children. This illustration could be more colorful and less repetitive because they use Mother Bear a lot.
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Little Red Riding Hood
Pau, Estrada. "Little red riding hood.” California: Chronide Books LLC, 1993. 22 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Fairy Tales. Language: English, Spanish (0.5 pts)
I didn’t like the wolf because he gulps the grandmother and shows too much violence. The little girl gets to the grandmothers house and the wolf is there. He ends up eating her too. It just happened that a hunter was passing by and hears laud snores he thinks it is the grandmother. He goes to see how she is doing. He finds the wolf their and takes the grandmother's scissors and opens his belly and releases little red riding hood and her grandmother.
I like the pictures in this book, they have bright colors. One special element will be the fact that the wolf eats them both but at the end they are a live. It stereotypes the wolf being the bad character. If you have never read the book as a child it is very interesting because the reader wonders if she ever gets to her grandmothers.
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Cinderella
Francesc, Boada. “Cinderella.” California: La Galera, 1997. 24 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Fairy Tales. Language: English, Spanish. (0.5 pts)
"Cinderella," is a classic. Cinderella’s father marries for the second time and she has a stepmother and two stepsisters who mistreat Cinderella. Her godmother is a fairy godmother and helps her go to the great ball in the kingdom where she meets the Prince. She has a curfew, and by 12 o'clock she needs o be out of the ball because everything will be back to normal. She loses one of her glass slippers when she is running down the stairs. The next day the Prince ask's everybody to try on the slipper and he will marry who ever fits into it.
One of the special elements in this book is that at the end it turned out to be a happy ending. Children will definitely like this book because it is interesting. I have read this book to my daughter because she likes the Princess's and Cinderella is one of them. I would encourage kindergarten teachers to have this book in their library because kids must be familiar with the Princess.
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Horrible Harry’s Secret
Kline, Suzi. "Horrible Harry’s Secret." New York: Scholastic Inc., 1990. 52 pages. Ages 3-8. Genre: Chapter Book. Language: English (2.8 pts)
In this book a boy name Harry falls in love with Sara Lee. He is mean to Sidney, Sara’s friend and she doesn’t like that. Sara brings her frog to school and they talk about how she takes care of the frog and what she feed her frog. At the end of the story Harry lost his tooth and invites his friends to the Corner Bake Shop after school with his tooth-fairy money.
Some of the special elements in this book are that it develops friendship, as well as maturity. Harry also learns how to make friends and maintain friends.
I would recommend any Scoholastic book because students like the stories and they learn from them. Also they like to imitate a lot of things from books.
Train to somewhere
Eve, Bunting. “Train to Somewhere,” New York: Houghton Muffling, 1996. 32 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Historical fiction. Language: English.
“Train to somewhere” is a sad story of orphans who were placed in an orphanage. The people in charge of putting an add on the newspaper and they go from one place to another so people can decide who to take. I got the impression that they used them as slaves, as company or to do chores at home. There is a girl named Marianne who was placed in the orphanage by her mother, she hopes that her mother will be waiting for her at every station that they stop. At the end she accepts the fact that her mother left her and she is ready to go with the family that is taking her. She has received many awards including the Golden Kite ward from the Society of Children’s books. She has a variety books from pre-school through middle grade.
I like the story, although it is a sad story and it addresses poverty, beauty, and friendship it is a great story. Children will definitively like this book because it is well illustrated. The pictures are colorful and it is very interesting. This book is very engaging with the characters especially Nora the little girl who wants to take Marianne with her. Nora puts friendship even in front of a puppy.
Coming on Home Soon
Jackeline, Woodson. “Coming on Home Soon,” New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2004. 30 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English
This book was given the Caldecott Honor Award book. Jacqueline Woodson writes young and adult titles, middle grade titles and picture books. She was born on July 12 in Columbus Ohio.
I like the story although it is a sad story and it addresses poverty, beauty, feelings, and friendship. Children will definitively like this book because it is well illustrated. The pictures are colorful and it is very interesting. This book is very sad because the girl keeps waiting for her mother.
Good-Bye Tonsils
Juliana Lee, Hatkoff. “Good-Bye Tonsils,” New York: Penguin Group. 2001. 30 Pages.
Ages 4-6. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English
The book is interesting because it has different colors, bright pictures that children like to see. It contains good information.
A young girl describes what happens when she goes to the hospital to have her tonsils removed. It is a good book to have because it explains thoroughly why she goes into surgery and the process she undergoes. The book helps children who are understanding surgery not get scared and panic when they go into surgery.
Hatcher
Gary, Paulsen. “Hatcher,” New York: Puffin Books, 1987. 208 Pages. Ages: 7-12. Genre: Survival Story. Language: English.
Gary Paulsen presents a story about, Brian, a boy who is experiencing his parents divorce and is having a hard time accepting it. He flew to see his father and in his way the pilot suffers a heart attack and dies. The boy tries to communicate but he can’t and lands in a lake and learns how to survive on his own. He learns how to find food until he is rescued. Gary Paulsen is one of America’s most popular writers for young people. Paulsen is a master storyteller who has written more than 175 books and some 200 articles and short stories for children and adults. He is one of the most important writers of young adult literature today. Three of his novels Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room are among his best writing.
What I like about the book is that it was very breath taking and interesting. It addresses his parents divorce and how he thinks his parents are getting divorced because she is seeing someone else. Some of the special elements that the book has are respect towards his parents and how to undergo a situation like this. The character was responsible and brave. It gives a lot of advice in what to do in special circumstances like the ones he has experienced.
I Know How We Fight Germs
Kate, Roman. “I know how we fight Germs,” New York: Scholastic. 1998. 28 Pages. Ages 9-12. Genre: Picture Story Book.
Kate Rowan, presents an interesting science book that teaches everything that students should know about germs and how to fight them, with animated pictures. This story gives information to children in a funny way.
The special effects and colorful characters made this book a must have for every library for primary grades, because it help students hygiene. Her illustrations are scenes of germs and how they react when they can contagious to other bodies. It addresses how to stay healthy. Children definitely like this book because it gives good information and teach how to stay away from germs. I read this book to first graders and to my daughter. I will recommend this book because during the winter a lot of students get sick and this book gives information in how to prevent getting other students sick.
Diez deditos
Jose-Luis, Orozco. “Diez Deditos,” New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1997. 56 pages. Ages 3-8. Genre: Non-Fiction. Language: English, Spanish
Many songs are presented in this book it is in English and Spanish. The songs have a meaning and they are very educational. Jose Luis Orozco was born in Mexico City. He has a successful career as a children’s author, songwriter, performer and recording artist.
He has a Master’s in Multicultural Education. He presents a collection of songs, rhymes, lullabies, games from Spanish speaking countries.
What I like about this book is that the songs are from different countries and they all carry a message. I will definitely recommend this book because it comes with a CD and teachers can play the songs while students are working. It reminds me of the book Pimpon that was read when I was in pre- school.
Hally Tosis
Dav, Pilkey. “Hally Tosis,” Bercelona: Editorial Juventud, 1994. 32 pages. Ages 3-6. Genre: Picture Story. Language: Spanish.
Hally Tosis is a book that talks about a dog that is going to be given in adoption because of his bad breath. One day some thief came into the house and captures them so the family decides to keep him with his bead breath. He was born on March 4, 1966. In school he was diagnosed with ADD and severe hyperactivity. In elementary school and high school his teachers hated his sense of humor and discouraged his artistic talents. When he attends College and a professor sees his creative writing skills, he realizes he has a career as a writer, illustrator, and editor.
I enjoyed reading this book because it was very funny to see the people in the illustrations cover their nose with a (pinsa). The illustrations were nice and colorful.
The Case of the Stolen Baseball Cards
James, Preller. “The Case of the Stolen Baseball Cards” New York: Scholastic Inc., 1999. 80 pages. Ages7-10. Genre: Mystery. Language: English.
Eddie brings his baseball cards to school and they end up missing. He was pointing to Big and Ms. Gleason the teacher spoke up. He finds a note in the middle of his binder with a clue but at the end Big and a couple of classmates discover that he settled everything. He wanted to be a good detective.
The book is from the collection of Jigsaw Jones mysteries it addresses friendship and how to overcome problems between classmates.
Esperanza Rising
Pam, Munoz Ryan. “Esperanza Rising,” New York: Scholastic Inc., 2000. 262 pages. Ages 11-14.Genre: American Novels. Language: English.
Esperanza is a girl who lives in Mexico in a large vineyard. She is the only child so she is entitled to carry over the traditions. After her father was murdered by bandits, they have to escape from Mexico. She is forced to migrate to California. She can’t accept the fact that she is poor. Her mother becomes very ill and she has to work hard to keep her mother alive. She keeps her hope to be able to survive.
Espeanza Rising was awarded the Pura Belpre Award which honors Latino authors whose work best portraits Latino cultural experiences. Pam Muños has written twenty-five books for young people. It is a true story based about the author’s grandmother.
The Shark who was Afraid of Everything!
Brian, James. “The Shark who was Afraid of Everything,” New York: Cartwheels, 2002. 32 pages Ages 3-6. Genre: Adventure- Short Story Language: English.
As hard as he tries, Sharkie never seems to be able to overcome being scared of the world around him. He decides to run away. Luckily, a new friend named Lily follows Sharkie and the two plays together for hours until they find themselves lost. Brian James is the author of several notable books including Pure Sunshine and Dirty Liar. He lives in a small town in upstate New York
This book is very nice illustrated. I like the bright colors and the nice pictures all the sharks have a smile in their face even though sharks are known for been aggressive. I will recommend this book for kinder and first grade because it is simple and first graders can read it by themselves. The theme in this book is friendship.